By Cyndy Cole, The Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff Dec. 7--If the U.S. Forest Service halts some forest thinning projects in response to a Wednesday ruling, northern Arizona would be affected.

By The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a Bush administration rule that allowed logging and burning projects in national forests without first analyzing their effects on the environment. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the U.S.

By TERENCE CHEA SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked a Bush administration rule that allowed logging and burning projects in national forests without first analyzing their effects on the environment. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the U.S.

The winds died down, it got more humid and cooler, and all of that on top of the heroic efforts of exhausted firefighters finally began to subdue the raging Southern California fires that claimed 1,500 homes and caused the evacuation of a record-setting half- million people.

By Rocky Barker, The Idaho Statesman, Boise Oct. 27--California's devastating fires and the close calls in parts of Idaho this year are spurring U.S. Rep. Bill Sali to introduce a bill to help homeowners and communities near federally managed land protect themselves from wildfires.